John Lewis Treen

b. 10 July 1929, d. 14 March 2017

John Lewis Treen was born on 10 July 1929 at Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia. John Lewis Treen was a builder. The first house John built was Ron and Freda Barber's house at 87 Enfield St, Victoria Park (with Ron assisting). in 1951. John Lewis Treen married Joyce Marie Taylor, daughter of Arthur George Taylor and Ada Winifred Middleton, on 10 May 1952 at Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia. In 1952 John Lewis Treen and Joyce Marie Taylor lived at 34 Brian Avenue, Mt Pleasant, Western Australia, Australia. They built the garage first. They were living in the garage/shed when Christina was born in August 1953 and worked on the house while they lived in the shed (sound familiar?). Christina remembers her Mum saying that she learnt to walk by hanging on to their bed in the shed and walking around it. Christina is not sure when they moved into the house but remembers seeing a photo of her with Dad holding Richard, and the house in the background wasn't finished, so they would have moved in after June 1955. John used to do work on the house after doing a day’s work elsewhere. In 1979 John and Joyce purchased a 27 acre property in Bridgetown.Soon after they sold the house in Mt Pleasant and moved there permanently. The address is 1346 Brockman Highway, Bridgetown WA 6255. During 2014 Joyce suffered ill health and John and Joyce moved to Dwellingup at Christmas of that year to stay with Christina and Michael, although they made periodic trips to Bridgetown to check on the property and visit friends. In May 2016 Joyce suffered a stroke and the couple moved to Opal Care, Murdoch. Photo of John and Joyce Treen on 5 April 2016 with Geoff Barber and Portia Lennon.John Lewis Treen died on 14 March 2017 at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, Australia, at age 87. Died of complications during a heart valve operation at Fiona Stanley Hospital.